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Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

Chalcopyrite
Copperopolis, Foothill Copper Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA

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A belt of Cu mineralization in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range.

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43 entries listed. 36 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA

California
- Calaveras Co.
  - Foothill Copper Belt
    - Campo Seco District
      - Campo Seco
        Bell Prince Mine
        Black Jack Lode (Black Jack Mine)
        Campo Seco Mine
        Penn Mine (Happy Jack; West Constellation; Satellite; Big Satellite; Hinkcley; Blue Jay; Meteor; Hecla; Little Satellite; Copper Hill; Penn Chemical Works; Campo Seco)
        Slag dumps
        San Francisco Mine
        Texas Mine (Edna; Viola; Alameda; Campo Seco)
    - Copperopolis

USA

California
- Calaveras Co.
  - Foothill Copper Belt

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References

Heyl, George Richard (1948a) Foothill copper belt of the Sierra Nevada: California Division Mines Bulletin 144: 20.

Clark, Wm. B. & P.A. Lydon (1962), Mines and mineral resources of Calaveras County, California: California Division of Mines & Geology County Report 2; [… Geological Society of America Proceedings, 1933: 312-313, 1934]: 24.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 152.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 78.

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